Right, and there was a single chance you might buy it anyway? Probably not.
Right and you'd think it would be in their best interest to allow a higher OC and a chance to take the crown from AMD, right? So there must be a good reason why they have locked it.

Right, and there was a single chance you might buy it anyway? Probably not.
Right and you'd think it would be in their best interest to allow a higher OC and a chance to take the crown from AMD, right? So there must be a good reason why they have locked it.

Exactly. Because people were breaking their cards and returning them, despite breaking their warranty and it being hard to prove they broke it. At least this way they have to flash a new BIOS and that's obvious.

If I use NVidia Inspector I can OV my card to whatever the safe limit they imposted was, and that's fine with me.

Flash the unlocked BIOS and break your warranty... just don't try to claim a free replacement when you break the card, then normal users won't find it hard to get a replacement.

There is no such thing as a unlock bios because nvidia implemented voltage regulation through their driver. Remember the gtx590?? Also the card has precaution built into it. The only way to do it is hard modding.

There is no such thing as a unlock bios because nvidia implemented voltage regulation through their driver. Remember the gtx590?? Also the card has precaution built into it. The only way to do it is hard modding.

You can overvolt the 680 Lightning with the original BIOS. Only voltage unlocked Kepler I know of now...

There is no such thing as a unlock bios because nvidia implemented voltage regulation through their driver. Remember the gtx590?? Also the card has precaution built into it. The only way to do it is hard modding.

AFAIK, Kepler need unlocking with a BIOS. Greenlight was new as of Kepler?